On Mon, 08 May 2006 08:30:34 +0200, "Michael Herger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > SD/CF capacities are growing but are still nowhere near what's required > > for a sizeable lossless library. > > Microdrives are bigger but nowhere near big enough. > > You still need a 3.5" HDD to store that 100 GB+ worth of data. > > You name the perfect example to prove that appliances are entering our > homes: Network Attached Storage - NAS. They're everywhere. They won't > replace the PC, but they will take over some specialized tasks.
The fact that many people are desperately trying to mod their NASes to get them to run all kinds of server software (like slimserver) proves that people really want servers. They're just in denial... ;) > > some, one HDD isn't enough. 500 GB drives are the practical maximum > > now, although 750 GB drives have been released. However some want 1 > > TB+. You just can't fit that much storage into a small device, not > > even one 3.5" HDD right now. > > A Terastation is still an appliance, even though it's larger than your > MP3 > player. Nope, it's a castrated server, just like the Tivo... That's why so many people are attempting to (re)attach balls to these 'appliances': http://www.terastation.org/wiki/Hacking http://www.keegan.org/jeff/tivo/hackingtivo.html Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
